How to Install Drift on Arch Linux

Introduction

Drift is a CLI tool that aims to simplify the development of Dockerized applications. In this tutorial, we'll guide you through installing Drift on Arch Linux.

Prerequisites

Before starting this tutorial, you should have already installed Docker on your Arch Linux system. If you haven't done that already, you can follow this tutorial to get started.

Steps

1. Open the terminal application on your Arch Linux system.
2. To install Drift, you need to have Git installed. You can install Git by typing the following command in the terminal:

sudo pacman -S git

3. Once Git is installed, you can clone the Drift repository to your local machine by typing the following command:

git clone https://github.com/MaxLeiter/drift.git

4. Once the repository is cloned, you can navigate to its directory by typing the following command:

cd drift

5. Next, you need to build the Drift Docker image by typing the following command:

docker build -t drift:latest .

6. Once the Docker image is built, you can create a symbolic link to the drift executable by typing the following command:

sudo ln -s $(pwd)/drift /usr/local/bin/

7. To verify that Drift has been installed successfully, type the following command to check its version:

drift -v

You should see an output like Drift version X.X.X.

If you see the version number, congratulations! You've successfully installed Drift on Arch Linux.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we've shown you how to install Drift on Arch Linux. Now, you can use Drift to simplify your Dockerized application development.

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